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Nr VA oo a FEDERAL BUREAU CF INVESTIGATI:. 3% qc Dore 5/16/70 4 advised on May 16, : 1970, he is "LESU cudent 1 Kent State University, Ohio, and resides on campu: ; eS Dowell Hall. 5 On the evening of May 2, 1970, a student rally had bean announced to be heid on the pocated on the CoApPUS | at ¥ Phe ; tinat evening. goons seme 6:30 p.m., with reilow students and Approximately one to two thousand stugents werd on | re CbTee Dae Fis ae appived. He heard no inflanmaatory speeches 1 n urging the burning of the R building or any vther colleze he builidings. The crowd circled around the campus until approxi- mately $:3G_ozm Ht p.m., when the students returned to the Commons apea where Gia © served the RovTC building on fire. The crovd oF students went up to a hi the Commons ayaa and watched the fire. There : Fireinen and firo apparatug hed become seperated fra: .J1 overlooking Were nNumrcrous an SO Roeeer yy this time, a“ 2 and was alone Later on at perhaps 11 p.m., or after, Ghio National Guerd Troovs arri ived and began firing tear eas to disperse the = : genied any knowledge of which person or which froup was respons: ble -for the Fire and estimated about SOO to 1,060 Kent State students ara hard-core militants wno would destroy the systen by viclent means and said ‘there were many more who are eympathetic to such militants. stated that he himself is sympathetic but WouLd Hot varticipate in violent action too, as an expression of protest. File#_Philadeiphia 98-2592 : Dete dictoted _— S/AG/7TO Ths document contoins mellier recommendations nor conctusions of the FBE It is the property of the FBI cod is looned to your agency; itond its conients are notte be distribuled oulsida yout ogency. 20 cep meme eee cee vet a ana ER ate eer a es eae Cae ene ea